Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 27, 2015

Op-Ed article by researcher Nathan K Lujan and science curator Larry M Page cautions that many of America's biological specimen catalogs are threatened by budget cutbacks, ethical misconceptions and government policy; holds that preservation of such catalogs is important both to maintaining history of planet and assessing ecological and climate change; urges continued support for research, growth and maintenance of collections. MORE

Feb. 22, 2015

Documents obtained by Greenpeace and Climate Investigations Center show that Dr Wei-Hock Soon, scientist who has long been champion of people who deny risks of global warming, has received funding from fossil-fuel industry in exchange for some of his work; documents show that corporate funding was linked to specific papers he completed in exchange for the money, and that he failed to disclose this conflict of interest in most of his scientific papers. MORE

Feb. 17, 2015

Justin Gillis By Degrees column notes circulation of petition asking news media to abandon use of term 'skeptics' for those who discount global warming and to instead refer to such people as 'deniers'; petition points to power of words and labels in climate debate, with dissenters protesting that term 'deniers' is deliberate attempt to link them to Holocaust deniers. MORE

Feb. 15, 2015

The Upshot; Prof Michael Greenstone column notes that while international negotiators are trying to come up with international climate treaty, it will not be binding; describes reasons to feel optimistic about fact that it is non-binding pact. MORE

Feb. 13, 2015

Pakistan's water supply is being depleted at alarming rate due to climate change and local waste and mismanagement, adding to country's resource crises. MORE

Feb. 12, 2015

Op-Ed article by Prof Clive Hamilton cautions against National Research Council report recommending federal government fund research program into geoengineering as a counter to global warming; contends bringing geoengineering from edges of climate debate to mainstream status legitimizes perilous thinking. MORE

Feb. 11, 2015

Government-backed scientific panel calls for increased research into geoengineering technologies as part of effort to mitigate effects of climate change. MORE

Feb. 10, 2015

Poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and Resources for the Future finds 54 percent of Hispanics say global warming is very important to them personally, increasing likelihood that issue will have profound impact in 2016 presidential election; Hispanics across the country are more likely than non-Hispanic whites to view issue as important. MORE

Feb. 7, 2015

New School in New York City is reshaping its curriculum to focus more on climate change and sustainability; school has also said it will divest itself of all fossil fuel investments. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

Op-Ed article by author Ariel Dorfman laments lasting changes global warming is wreaking on planet's most beautiful places, and humanity's short-sighted inability to change course; describes trip to beloved destination of his youth, Cascada de las Animas, waterfall in Chile's Andean mountains; found once-magnificent cataract has dwindled due to shrinking Andean snow pack, and describes dark despair that settled over him at sight. MORE

Feb. 4, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency review of Keystone XL pipeline finds that drop in global oil prices may result in more development of Canadian oil sands, activity likely to contribute to increased greenhouse has emissions; study may lead Pres Obama to conclude that pipeline fails his proposed climate change regulations. MORE

Feb. 3, 2015

United Nation's World Meteorological Organization releases report that found that 2014 was hottest year in historical record dating back to 1880, but only by few hundredths of degree, within margin of error of global temperature measurements. MORE

Feb. 3, 2015

Science Q&A offers examples of evidence of past global warming, such as geological records, fossils and ice core data. MORE

Feb. 1, 2015

Risky Business Project, group of highly influential policy and business leaders, represents unusual if powerful component of the climate change lobby; group's mission is to prepare American companies for climate-related threats like reduced crop yields and flooded railroads; consists of members with diverse ideologies and policy goals, though all agree that climate change could cost American business hundreds of billions of dollars. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Poll conducted by The New York Times, Resources for the Future and Stanford University finds that overwhelming majority of Americans believe government should address global warming; reveals that two-thirds of Americans are more likely to vote for political candidates who support fighting climate change, and that around half of Republicans agree with this sentiment, although similar number also believe that addressing global warming will hurt economy. MORE

Jan. 31, 2015

Pres Obama issues executive order requiring that all federally funded construction projects take into account flood risks linked to global warming. MORE

Jan. 28, 2015

Pres Obama ends three-day visit to India with speech to 1,500 mostly young Indians at Siri Fort Auditorium; calls on country to do more fight human trafficking and slavery and to protect rights of women and girls; urges India to do also make more concerted effort in addressing climate change. MORE

Jan. 27, 2015

The Upshot; real price of gasoline remains significantly higher than it was in the 1990s despite plunge in prices, highlighting persistent wage slowdown and other economic factors; clean and alternative energy sources could help curb the effect of such oil price cycles on the United States economy, freeing disposable income for working Americans. MORE

Jan. 27, 2015

British researchers at Met Office and University of East Anglia release report that shows 2014 as hottest year on record, bolstering findings by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about global warming caused by human activity. MORE

Jan. 23, 2015

Senate votes 56 to 42 to reject amendment related to Keystone XL pipeline legislation that would have declared climate change to be real, dangerous, and caused by human action; vote is second in two days on issue, as Democrats use debate over pipeline to force Republicans to come out one way or another on climate change. MORE

Jan. 22, 2015

Jan. 19, 2015

Editorial applauds Obama administration proposal to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas drilling; warns, however, that proposal, which applies only to new facilities, falls short of what is needed to reduce overall emissions; says plan, while inadequate, is nonetheless important step toward administration's stated goal of reducing America’s greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

Op-Ed article by Prof Adam Frank considers possibility that reason humans have not encountered extraterrestrial life is linked to sustainability crisis humans face on earth with global warming and depletion of natural resources; observes that studying sustainability as an astrobiological problem can inform human race as to whether challenge it faces is impossible or not. MORE

Jan. 17, 2015

NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration release separate reports showing 2104 was hottest year on Earth since records first started being kept in 1880; data shows heat records were set over large areas of every continent except Antarctica, bolstering many scientists' warnings about risks of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions and refuting assertions by some scientists that global warming has stopped. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

Researchers report in journal Nature that ocean did not rise six inches in 20th century, but actually rose only five inches; seemingly small discrepancy could help resolve longstanding conundrum in climate research concerning difference between best estimates of melt water from land ice and actual rise in sea levels that had been recorded at harbors around the world. MORE

Jan. 15, 2015

West Virginia education officials vote to take back their changed version of Next Generation Science Standards; standards voiced doubts about generally held views of climate change. MORE

Jan. 14, 2015

Pres Obama will use his executive authority to impose new regulations on oil and gas industry's emissions of methane by up to 45 percent by 2025. MORE

Jan. 13, 2015

West Virginia Board of Education will revisit its adoption of science standards after curriculum changes regarding teaching of climate science were criticized by some science educators. MORE

Jan. 7, 2015

Appointment of climate-change skeptic Aldo Rebelo as Brazil's minister of science is raising worries among climate scientists and environmentalists, as country is trying to gain leadership in global climate discussions; naming of Rebelo to post comes as scientists doubt Brazil's zeal for cutting deforestation and emissions. MORE

Jan. 6, 2015

California Gov Jerry Brown starts his fourth and last term, calling for wide reduction in state's energy usage over next 15 years, including plan to cut gas consumption by cars and trucks by up to 50 percent; says state will increase its role in battle against global warming. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Republicans and conservatives are putting their faith in courts to obstruct Pres Obama's second-term agenda and stop his executive actions on issues like climate change, health care and immigration; rather than counting on their new congressional majority, Republicans are seeking judicial relief, despite their criticisms in past of Democrats relying on so-called judicial activism; they claim restraining executive branch is different than inventing new rights through judicial rulings. MORE

Jan. 4, 2015

Op-Ed article by Prof Naomi Oreskes underscores need for scientists to be more emphatic about dangers of climate change, given that 2014 was hottest year on record and extreme weather events are multiplying. MORE

Jan. 3, 2015

New Zealand's glacier tourism industry is trying to adapt to climate change's effects on glaciers like Fox Glacier, retreat of which has cut off popular access to once-popular hiking trails; tour operators there have invested in helicopter tours to make up lost hiking business; climate change has hurt parts of industry while helping others, such as increasingly popular boat tours where tourists can witness first hand how global warming is causing glacier retreat. MORE

Dec. 24, 2014

Corporate and government leaders are making new efforts to slow, and eventually stop, the cutting of rain forests in the fight to limit risks of climate change; shift has been driven by growing environmental movement in countries with tropical forests, and by increasing pressure from Western consumers who want sustainable practices (Series: The Big Fix). MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

Nuclear energy, touted by some as practical solution to world's energy needs and global warming, has been stagnating as result of market forces, as well as high construction costs, problem of waste fuel storage and public perception following Fukushima disaster (Series: The Big Fix). MORE

Dec. 23, 2014

Natural gas has become important in determining future of energy policy; some argue that it should be embraced due to its plentiful supply and relative environmental benefits, while opponents argue that it is another dirty fossil fuel hampered by potentially damaging extraction process. MORE

Dec. 21, 2014

Photographer Simon Norfolk has set out to capture receding majesty of Lewis glacier on Mount Kenya by drawing its former boundaries in fire and photographing them next to current boundaries of ice. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

New York City is working on goal set by Mayor Bill de Blasio to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, but limits of modern technology and lack of mandates for private sector may stand in way; de Blasio says if incentives being offered to private building owners and homeowners do not work, some sort of requirements will be introduced. MORE

Dec. 20, 2014

Timothy Egan Op-Ed column submits that Pres Obama has been liberated by defeat of Democratic party in midterm elections and has finally become transformative president he promised to be; says that in setting aggressive agenda, Obama is at last marching ahead of politicians fighting yesterday's wars and is primed to make his mark. MORE

Dec. 18, 2014

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 2014 Arctic Report Card, published annual since 2006, shows arctic continuing to warm at faster rate than rest of globe, with diminishing snow cover and sea surface temperature rise of nearly one degree Fahrenheit per decade. MORE

Dec. 16, 2014

Justin Gillis By Degrees column notes that global climate negotiations in Lima, Peru, have led to pledge to keep long-term warming of planet to below 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit; scientists have questioned whether limit, already challenging to meet, is stringent enough. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

Rapidly warming waters in Gulf of Maine are threatening commercial fishing industry as cod and other fish flee to cooler regions; collapsing populations have forced regulators to suspend cod fishing for six months; it is unclear whether change is truly linked to global warming, as years of overfishing have muddied efforts to accurately gauge climate change's impact on the gulf. MORE

Dec. 15, 2014

News analysis; greenhouse gas agreement in Lima, Peru is first to involve every country in world, but provisions fall short of those scientists say are required to stave off global warming; accord is further weakened by lack of legally binding measures and threat of sanctions, with each country agreeing to enact its own emissions laws based on good faith alone; it is unclear whether international peer pressure will be enough to affect change. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

Negotiators from around the world haggle over final elements of United Nations climate change agreement in Peru; agreement would, for first time, commit every nation to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions, but still falls short of what is needed to stave off dangerous and costly early impacts of global warming. MORE

Dec. 14, 2014

Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column posits that fall in oil prices may impeded decisive global response to climate change; warns that the only way to prevent that from happening is if American politicians raise gasoline tax, which would have added benefit of raising funds for addressing country's crumbling infrastructure. MORE

Dec. 13, 2014

Peruvian authorities say activists from Greenpeace damaged archaeologically important site in desert by placing sign promoting renewable energy near Nazca lines, ancient man-made etchings; sign was intended to draw attention of world leaders attending United Nations summit meeting aimed at reaching an agreement to address climate change; Greenpeace's apology is rejected by officials who say damage may be permanent. MORE

Dec. 12, 2014

American officials attending global climate change negotiations in Peru are getting enthusiastic reception; many international negotiators say historic deal between China and United States to commit to cut their emissions could be catalyst for new global accord on climate change. MORE

Dec. 10, 2014

Draft climate agreement being negotiated among 196 countries at summit in Lima, Peru, would require every nation to reduce carbon emissions, but within their own targets; separate emissions pledges would comprise global deal to be signed by world leaders in 2015. MORE

Dec. 10, 2014

Eduardo Porter Economic Scene column observes that Brazil and other Latin American countries are prioritizing development over plans to cut carbon emissions in light of economic slowdown; notes that tension is also evident in Peru, which is currently hosting international negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions. MORE

{"type":"article","show_header_text":false,"header":"ARTICLES ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING","query":"(des=\"GLOBAL WARMING\" OR des=\"GREENHOUSE EFFECT\") and tom!=\"Caption\" and tom!=\"Correction\" and tom!=\"Letter\" and tom!=\"List\"","search_query":"(subject:\"GLOBAL WARMING\" OR subject:\"GREENHOUSE EFFECT\") AND -type_of_material:\"Caption\" AND -type_of_material:\"Correction\" AND -type_of_material:\"Letter\" AND -type_of_material:\"List\"","num_search_articles":"35","show_summary":true,"show_byline":true,"show_pub_date":true,"hide_thumbnails":false,"show_kicker":false,"show_title":true,"show_related_topics":true,"show_rad_links":true,"show_subtopics":true,"exclude_topics":"GLOBAL WARMING","more_on_header":"MORE ON GLOBAL WARMING AND:","alternate_index_subidx":"","show_thumbnails":true}

Newly released documents show the extent of the links between corporate interests and the published work of Wei-Hock Soon, a Smithsonian-affiliated scientist who has tried to debunk the consensus about global warming.

Multimedia

These documents show that Wei-Hock Soon, a part-time researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., received funding from fossil-fuel interests that he subsequently failed to disclose in a string of scientific papers.

This nationwide survey asked people for their views on whether global warming will be beneficial or detrimental, about how the president and Congress have responded to it, and what they believe government should do about it.